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May 30, 2023

My Endeavor-Dylan

For my endeavor I am baking pancakes, scones, flapjacks ECT. I do most of it in school, but I do some stuff at home like writing my method, doing some baking, and making up new recipes. I am doing baking because I have done it a few times at my house, and I really enjoy it because it like takes me into a happy place because it takes my mind of things and I like giving them to my neighbors and to my family.

My problems were like when I first started to do it in school, I forgot to butter the pan and then I realized that we also have a pancake maker so then I started to use that. At the end while it is in the oven, I must wash up the counter and the dishes, but I sometimes forget to. So, I must do it quickly. And my pancakes were as fluffy as clouds.

I achieve to have a full presentation by the end with all my methods and all of my recipes i also plan to have a letter written back to me from someone that i wrote to and have a full poster on what i have done.

My pancakes looked as beautiful as a fresh flower growing in the spring. Magically they were as fluffy as springs on a mattress when you get off of it and back on. Excitedly I was suddenly pouring my mix onto the pan and it felt so good.

February 1, 2023

Celtic House Fun Reading

This term we have been going tho the Celtic house and looking for books to buy for the school. Before we go upstairs we do a book scavenger hunt to see what books we can find, we get different categories to try find the book for that category. Then we get to choose a book we want. When we go upstairs we get hot chocolate with marshmallows with cream, then Mrs Clark reads the first page of two books and we vote for what book we like the most. When we are done voting we get a biscuit and the we get the three books that we voted on. We all loved reading the books and we want to do it again.

September 21, 2022September 29, 2022

Carpet Bowls

Every Thursday we go the Ramsey hall to do carpet bowls with Ms Brown the people who teach us are Eddie and Terry. There are two carpet and four people per carpet and two people in a team.

Last week we had point sheets to keep track of our score and see who wins we play five rounds per team. there is a white thing in the middle you have to get past and if you hit it your bowl is out. When you get it past you have to make it in a square box on the carpet. There is a big circle and a small one you always need to have the small one in the inside of the ball. When someone is playing and you aren’t playing you can do a job which if it goes out you can get it and put the white thing back in place. Thank you south Islay development for sponsoring us to play carpet bowls.

September 16, 2022September 29, 2022

Planting A Tree For The Queen

On Friday 16th the whole school went outside and planted a tree in memory of the Queen. The oldest and youngest pupils in the school planted the tree and we also planted tulips around the base. We held a minutes silence as well.

The Queen used to be a mechanic in the war. She has visited Islay before. She became queen at 25 years old and she was the longest serving queen, reigning for 70 years. She was still working two days before she died, and was very dedicated to the country.

June 24, 2022June 24, 2022

Sports Day/ Championship

Every year we do sports day. Sports day is where you do races every year like running, sack race and etc. Sports day happens on 21st of June. Mrs. Macdonald presents the winners. It happens in Port Ellen Primary School in our play ground.

We first did basket ball. We had 20 shots each. Secondly we had long distance throw. That’s wear we throw a beanbag as far as possible. Thirdly was cross contrary. You run round the school 4 times which is like a mile. Fourthly was obstacle course. Where you balance a circle on your head then go through a hoop then balance a tennis ball on a racket lastly skip your way to the finish line. Next we did high jump. That’s were you jump over a beam and it gets higher each time. Next we done hurdles, That’s were you jump over the hurdles and and you get timed. Lastly we done long jump, That’s were you get a run up and jump the get measured wherever you land.

On the day of sports day this is what we done. First for the champion ships for the boys we done the 100 meter dash then we done the girls 100 meter dash. Then 5/6/7 did a running race all together. Then the p5 did the sac race then p6 and p7 done it. Then we done a relay first was nave second was Texa third was Orsay. Last was the trophy giving. The girl champion was Katie Harrison And the boys was Dylan Atkinson Macdonald.

May 19, 2022May 22, 2022

Bottle Rockets

Last week students from the University of Exeter Engineering department came to our school and made bottle rockets with us. We had to design and make the fins and decorations on our rockets so they would fly straight. We went outside to launch them. They launched ours and it went flying and almost went in the field. The one that went the furthest had a lego figure attached called Dave! Thanks Exeter University for coming and visiting us.

January 28, 2022January 28, 2022

P6 Robert Burns Poem

Here is the Primary 6 reading of the Robert Burns poem 'Robert Bruce's Address to his Troops at Bannockburn' with artwork🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 pic.twitter.com/cbuu2jJhU9

— Port Ellen Primary School (@portellenps) January 25, 2022

On Tuesday 25th January 2022 P5/6/7 had to learn a poem each.
The p6's had to learn Scots Wha Hae. The scots wha hae poem is about 
the Scottish fighting the English at
Bannock burn. On the seesaw post, we all had to a different verse 
Verse 1 was Finlay and Teddy
Verse 2 was William
Verse 3 was Iona
Verse 4 was Dylan
Verse 5 was Chloe
Verse 6 was James
Here is the poem Scots Wha Hae


Scots, wha hae wi' Wallace bled, 
Scots, wham Bruce has aften led, 
Welcome to your gory bed, 
Or to Victorie! 

Now's the day, and now's the hour; 
See the front o' battle lour; 
See approach proud Edward's power 
Chains and Slaverie! 

Wha will be a traitor knave? 
Wha can fill a coward's grave? 
Wha sae base as be a Slave? 
Let him turn and flie:

Wha, for Scotland's King and Law, 
Freedom's sword will strongly draw, 
Free-man stand, or Free-man fa', 
Let him follow me. 				

By Oppression's woes and pains! 
By your Sons in servile chains! 
We will drain our dearest veins, 
But they shall be free! 

Lay the proud Usurpers low! 
Tyrants fall in every foe! 
Liberty's in every blow! 
Let us Do- or Die!!!

October 26, 2021

Dodge Ball Tournament

7 weeks ago Ben and William planned the dodge ball tournament. 3 weeks ago they started it because they are in the healthy group and have been wanting to do a tournament for a while, they had a vote so that it was fair and everyone voted for dodgeball the scores were Orsay won nave came second and Texa came third the points were Orsay 49 nave 46 Texa 33 it was very close.it was played on the school pitch .

June 21, 2021June 21, 2021

Corn Snake Endeavor project

My Endeavour is corn snake obstacle course. For my Endeavour I need to make a corn snake obstacle course out of scrap and materials from my house. I also made a poster for my table where I will be presenting my Endeavour at the Endeavour fair. I have not made my obstacle course for my snake yet but I am going to make it through the week. I have changed a little bit of my Endeavour to painting snake stones. I have achieved my long term planner, SWOT analysis, letter, report and research on corn snakes here is a link that I used. and a photo

https://www.reptilecentre.com/info-corn-snake-care-sheet

June 7, 2021June 20, 2021

Rock Pooling

On the second of June the class went rock pooling and we went with Fiona. She brought nets and buckets we found jellyfish, sea snails, crabs, shrimp and sea slugs.

We found most of the stuff in seaweed so we had to swish the nets in the sea weed or we had to pick the sea weed up and move it to a different place and quickly had to get the animals in the net quick so they would not swim away or crawl away.

We found the crabs, sea slugs and sea slugs in the sea weed and we found the shrimp and the jellyfish in the the open area. It was very interesting. The sea hares let out a bright pink ink and they were all laying eggs. We even found a pink sea spider.

May 7, 2021May 7, 2021

My Hero

Our whole class was doing an essay on their lockdown hero and it was about who helped you in lockdown and some people picked the NHS and Sir Captain Tom but I picked my Mum. It was about why were they your lockdown hero and you had to write about how helped you in lockdown. Also we had to do this at School. We also had to draw a picture of our hero. My mum was my hero because she looks after people with cancer or corona-virus and she works at a local home for old people. We are entering our pictures in the Royal Mail Competition.

by Dylan

December 15, 2020

Port Ellen Juniors

Port Ellen juniors is is ran by Grant, Alan, Robert, Joe, Ben and Donald. It is at Bowmore, Astor-tough pitch at 6;00 pm to 7;00 pm. It is so kids learn to get good at football.

The people in my team are James, William, Finlay, Ben, Callum, Cara, Mya, Katie, Kaley and Robyn. The goalies are normally Clallam and James our best player is Finlay. If someone touches the ball with their hands the person sanitizes and we get a new ball.

The bigger ones play 7;00 to 8;00. it is interesting to watch them play because they play super well and you can get tips off of them, and they play all across the pitch I’ve played a couple of times with them and it is quite hard with small legs.

By Dylan 131 words